Eternal Night

Chapter 821 Move on
In the blink of an eye, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked...

Everyone returned to their respective vehicles, and then more than 80 percent of them began vomiting violently, their faces turning deathly pale. But... this refers to those who returned, or rather, those who were still alive.

In just a few short minutes, more than one-fifth of the team had "died".

If that's death!

These people's bodies were presented in an extremely grotesque and distorted way. Some bodies branched into countless filaments of flesh, each only one centimeter thick, densely intertwined into a tangled mess. Others had numerous tiny teeth, fingers, ears, and eyes of varying sizes growing from their bodies, as if their flesh had become a combination of numerous miniature human limbs. Still others had become a fluid mixture of blood, flesh, skin, and internal organs, with their bones completely shattered and turned into part of this fluid.

The reason it's described as bodies, not corpses, is because these people... are all still alive!

That's right. Even though these bodies have become grotesque forms that make it absolutely impossible for them to survive, they are still alive in essence. They are still moving, still wriggling, and still active. It's just that even if they still have mouths and mouths, the sounds they make are chaotic, a variety of groans and noises.

But to those around them, the chaotic sounds seemed to carry a special melody... just like the hellish bells they had just heard, which had now disappeared.

That's right... Although the two voices sounded completely different, all the humans who hadn't yet become these things turned pale and covered their ears.

"...So, you saved us?"

Peter Young jumped onto the fulcrum of the hovercraft and used his telepathy to amplify his voice as he asked the question ahead.

Wu Pifu hovered in front of them, a shadow dissipating and annihilating on the greatsword in his hand. Although no one knew what this shadow was, the fact that Wu Pifu could "manifest" this weapon, which was said to be able to cut through anything, and that they had all returned at the same time, meant that this thing was either the Twin-Tailed Serpent Hell Bell or the master of the terrifying power that caused them to encounter it. There could be no other than that.

"It's not a rescue."

Wu Pifu shook his head and said, "This is just one node? Or an anchor point? In any case, this is not the main body, or one of countless main bodies. I have only temporarily rescued you. If we encounter the next one, you will still be pulled in before I kill it."

At this moment, Jin jumped to the same position as Peter Yang and said seriously, "That was Nen space just now, a materialization ability based on Nen. Of course, Specialization can also do it... I encountered a dug-out graveyard, what about you?"

Peter Young shook his head slightly and said, "A deserted cluster of high-rise buildings... And you, sir? What scene did you encounter?"

Wu Pifu spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't go anywhere. I was right here, and then I found a shadow. At first glance, it did look like a snake, but it wasn't a snake. It was the real anchor point, or node, or a void eroded by reality that you mentioned. In short, I didn't enter the space of thought that you entered."

Everyone was shocked.

A man in the group, vomiting with snot and tears streaming down his face and dodging a puddle of fluid on the ground, shouted, "Impossible! The mental capacity of that space was terrifyingly large. Once it expanded, everyone who entered would have been swept up in it..."

Wu Pifu helplessly spread his hands and said, "Perhaps it's because... I'm too heavy?"

This wasn't just a perfunctory response. Just now, Wu Pifu had indeed felt a pulling sensation on a sensory level, which was why he was able to see those twisted bodies and perceive a kind of "mass groaning chorus caused by countless lives painfully entangled together because of immortality."

However, the pulling sensation was far too slight for him, like a person walking on the beach with a gentle sea breeze blowing in their face. It couldn't shake his body or will at all; it would shatter at the slightest force.

Even setting aside the negative effects of the suppression within his sea of ​​consciousness, in terms of his inherent size, strength, and extraordinary power, he was far beyond the reach of the disaster here. Moreover, the Hell Bell's influence on him was not even as strong as the negative effects he directly observed within his sea of ​​consciousness. Apart from being slightly noisy or experiencing other changes, it was just a natural melody to him.

The man who asked the question was slightly taken aback. He thought Wu Pifu was just brushing him off, but he was an elite after all. He immediately reflected on his own thoughts and attitude, and a few seconds later, he understood what Wu Pifu meant.

"Something that cannot be contained!"

Nen space is one of the applications of Nen ability. Basically, only Conjuration users can create Nen space. However, Nen ability is not fixed to a person's type. It is just that the inclination is different. Even if the inclination is to other types of Nen users, they can develop Nen space with long-term development.

But just like the question Kurapika asked Wu Pifu before, is it possible to materialize a blade that can absolutely cut through everything?
This is probably the first question that the master will ask all those with the ability of manifesting mind when they are learning mindfulness.

The answer is: It's impossible!
Leaving aside Wu Pifu, no Nen user can do that. However, he can materialize a sharper blade that can cut through almost everything, but that requires an extremely high level of Nen ability and an absolute requirement for the amount of energy he can manifest.

The same applies to the space of thought. It can contain physical entities, but it cannot contain heaven and earth or all things. Once it exceeds the carrying capacity of the space of thought, it cannot contain it, whether in terms of volume, weight, or other concepts. This is what is meant by something that cannot be contained.

Wu Pifu remained honest as always, but this honesty instilled a sense of despair in those around him.

Wu Pifu's strength is the very reason so many people are willing to follow him. Among these people, perhaps only a few, such as Peter Yang's team and Kurapika's team, are truly determined to follow him to the death; most are driven by a strong sense of wishful thinking.

Wu Pifu is extremely powerful, which is the biggest premise of wishful thinking. He also solved other disasters, possibly more than one, which is another premise of wishful thinking.

At the same time, he is a good person, so even though he said he would not protect anyone, he would definitely eliminate enemies or disasters when he encountered them. This was also part of his process of going to obtain Nitromomi, the food of hope for longevity.

Does that mean that as long as they follow Wu Pifu and don't stray too far from him, they will be safe as long as they don't do anything reckless?

This reasoning is logically sound.

Based on the personality traits Wu Pifu has displayed and our understanding of him over the past few days, any intelligent Nen user could reach this conclusion.

This is, in fact, the reason why so many people followed.

They are reluctant to part with Nitromi, the longevity food, and want more, while some Nen users hope to see the secret behind Wu Pifu's power. This is not contradictory.

But in the end, the real catastrophe of the Hell Bell Ringing actually manifested in the form of a thought space?

However, Wu Pifu was too powerful, becoming something that even a disaster like the Ringing of Hell could not bear.
In this way, they have to struggle in the Nen space on their own. If Wu Pifu is a little slow in killing the so-called "anchor points" outside, the weakest ordinary people will die in large numbers, followed by the weak Nen users, and then the stronger ones... Is this what it means to be responsible for one's own life and death?

Except for a few people, most of them were pale and looked desperate, and the vast majority of ordinary people had even started looking behind them.

At this moment, Peter Young also turned to look behind him, then shook his head and said, "There's no going back. Either we follow forward, or we die here."

Jin did the same thing, but his action was different from Peter Young's direct gaze. He made a circle with his fist and looked behind him through the circle. After looking for a while, he said to Wu Pifu, "Can you see it?"

"What?" Wu Pifu was a little stunned. He looked up and nodded, "Negative, which is what you call the thoughts after death, right? Hmm, I see it, but it's not simply negative. It presents a very strange characteristic. Can you see it?"

At this moment, Paris was holding up a telescope, but it wasn't a real telescope; it was a telescope he had conjured using his Nen ability. He immediately answered Wu Pifu's question, "Yes, this Nen is very strange. It's not simply the Nen of the dead; it's more like a mixture of the Nen of the living and the Nen of the dead. It's countless times stronger than the Nen of the living, but not as strong as the Nen of the dead of the same magnitude. Is this the strange characteristic you mentioned?"

Wu Pifu hasn't learned Nen yet, so naturally he can't see it. But he's familiar with negativity—as familiar as he is with his own body—which is why he finds these negative things strange. Now, hearing Paris say this, he roughly understands…

The extraordinary thoughts of this world transformed these negative aspects, giving them certain peculiar characteristics.

After Wu Pifu nodded in understanding, he couldn't help but ask, "So, have you decided what to do? Are you going to risk going back? Or are you going to continue with me? Let me tell you, I'm going to fight, so I definitely can't protect you. Like I said before, once we set off, you're on your own. And to put it bluntly, even if you all die here, there will still be people on the ship, and there will still be Nen users. After I get back the longevity food Nitromi, I can still learn Nen from them, or I can go directly to the human world to learn Nen. So... what do you plan to do?"

Peter Young laughed heartily, "That's exactly what I want! So, let's move forward!"

Jin didn't say a word, but his meaning was clear, and most of the people in Peter Young's team had the same expression and demeanor.

As for the people on the other ships, they did indeed have great hesitation on their faces, but they quickly figured it out.

Moving forward offered a glimmer of hope, while retreating meant certain death. Staying here was the same. These people weren't fools. Except for a very few who had gone insane, shouting and yelling before being immediately knocked unconscious, everyone else made their choice within a minute...

go ahead!

"Very good, then let's move on."

Wu Pifu turned around, about to continue hovering forward, when suddenly Kura shouted, "Sir, I've made a discovery!"

Wu Pifu still remembered Kurapika, the boy who dared to say to his face that he shouldn't be treated like a human. Although he was angry at the time, he also admired Kurapika's courage. So he turned around and asked, "What discovery?"

Kurapika, holding the melody, shouted, "I know how to avoid being affected by the Hell Bell, or at least avoid most of the effects!"

"Unconscious, or rather... loss of consciousness!"

(End of this chapter)